New Book Publication: The Values of Nature
Stefan M. Gergely, Franz Essl, Alice Vadrot, Erika M. Wagner and Heidi Wittmer have edited a new book in German: Die Werte der Natur. Recht, Gerechtigkeit...
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Our team at the 14th International Conference on Biological Invasions (NEOBIOTA 2026) in Brussels
Our Division attended the 14th International Conference on Biological Invasions (NEOBIOTA 2026) taking place from 7th to 11th September in Brussels. This...
Does ecosystem intactness shape migration under drought?
Jennifer Hennenfeind, a PhD student from our group, has just spent the summer at IIASA answering this question. Every summer since 1977, around 50 PhD...
New commentary in the Austrian newspaper DER STANDARD: Why a national Green Deal is needed right now!
Franz Essl wrote a commentary piece on why the extreme heat and drought wave that has hit Austria in the last months also offers opportunities for national...
New publication examines novel and co-xenic associations of alien fungal and fungus-like plant pathogens
A new study led by Anna Schertler and an international team of experts on fungal and plant invasions has just been published in New Phytologist. The study...
New Publication – The Influence of Resurvey Plot Location on Observed Vegetation Change
Long-term vegetation study through resurveys is essential for quantifying how biodiversity changes over time. The accuracy of resurvey data is influenced...
Stefan M. Gergely Fellowship for biodiversity research
The Stefan M. Gergely Prizes and Fellowships of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) were awarded in 2026 to two researchers and three journalists. One of...
New publication – Shining a Light on “Dark Extinctions” – undocumented extinctions are the rule rather than the exception
Species loss is accelerating and has surpassed historic extinction rates. But how well do we actually capture extinctions and do we know how many species...
New publication – European colonialism still threatens biodiversity and languages worldwide
Biodiversity and languages are threatened worldwide. The IPBES Global Assessment estimates around 1 Mio. species at risk of extinction and the same holds...
Franz Essl has joined Academia Europaea
In April 2026, Franz Essl has been invited to join the European Academy of Sciences, Academia Europaea. Academia Europaea is an interdisciplinary scientific...
MOTIVATE project annual meeting in Vienna
The Vienna BioInvasions team had the pleasure of hosting this year’s annual MOTIVATE project meeting.
OneSTOP project annual meeting
From 19-22 January, Lisa Tedeschi attended the annual meeting of the EU Horizon project OneSTOP in Almería, Spain.
E-STEEM Call Open now! 20 Female Post Doc Positions @Uni Vienna
With E-STEEM – empowering women in STEM and Economics, the University of Vienna awards at least 20 four-year and full-time (40h/week) postdoctoral...
Tom Vorstenbosch successfully defended his PhD Thesis!
On the 18th of December, Tom Vorstenbosch defended his thesis “Modelling biological invasions in the sub-Antarctic under climate change”, supervised by...
New Study Reveals Global Surge in Invasive Mosquito Species
An international research team led by the University of Lisbon and involving the University of Vienna reports a rapid worldwide increase in...
